magic pudding

English

Etymology

A reference to the title character in Norman Lindsay's 1918 children′s book The Magic Pudding.

Noun

magic pudding (plural magic puddings)

  1. A limitless or endlessly replenished resource.
    • 2006, Australian House of Representatives, Parliamentary debates (Hansard), House of Representatives, Volume 286, page 8,
      Medibank Private is a magic pudding which would make Norman Lindsay proud.
    • 2007, Peter Hartcher, Bipolar Nation: How to Win the 2007 Election, Quarterly Essay, Issue 25, page 17,
      Is this a magic pudding? A CSIRO policy economist who has worked with the modelling, Dr Steve Hatfield Dodds, said: “It's not so much a magic pudding as long-term, carefully planned structural adjustment.”
    • 2009, John Hirst, Sense and Nonsense in Australian History, page 309,
      Government was not a burden that you had to pay for; it was a magic pudding; you could cut slice after slice and there was always more.
    • 2009, Richard Everist, The Complete Guide to the Great Ocean Road, page 57,
      Unfortunately, in a world that prefers magic puddings, technological bullets and simple solutions (preferably implemented painlessly by someone else) achieving sustainability is extremely complex.
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